blood sugar drops and snacking

[txmomof3beautifulboys]

I know we are not supposed to snack in between meals.....however, if I get to the point that I'm shaking due to low blood sugar, can I have something like a yogurt to tide me over until dinner? This isn't a fun feeling :worry:

[Abifasc]

What I did sometimes on days like that would be a big snack in between lunch and dinner so I had three meals that equaled 1500-1800 cals in a short amt of time.

[atomic sagebrush]

You have to do what you need to do in order to get through the day or you will end up unable to stick to the diet and give up on it anyway.

The guidelines of the LE Diet are just goals to reach for and NOT "if you don't do all these things exactly right your sway will fail". It is fine to mix and match what you do and what you don't. As long as you're moving in the direction of less, you'restill swaying pink.

[atomic sagebrush]

What I did sometimes on days like that would be a big snack in between lunch and dinner so I had three meals that equaled 1500-1800 cals in a short amt of time.

Both 2 and 3 meals are perfectly fine on LE and entirely at your discretion. Some people do better on 2, others on 3. I always had 3 meals without fail, I just pushed breakfast back to lunch, had another meal at 4-6, and then something before bed.

[purpledream]

I do eat lunch and dinner, no breakfast, but I also eat a snack-16 wheat thins with a cup of decaff mixed with a cup of rice milk-it gets me through my cardio classes(usually between 5:30-7) and I eat my dinner 4 hours after that snack.

[maidentomother]

If you've recently started dieting, it can take a little while (a few days to a week) for your body to adjust. Ease into it gradually - make your snack(s) smaller and smaller , push it back further and further, before dropping it altogether

[Flowergirl]

I eat at 11am, 2pm and 6.30pm still keeping within the LE diet principles and have been able to maintain this for about 8 months (and I used to be an every two hour eater!). I personally could never drop to only 2 meals a day, and still feel like my blood sugar drops super low before I eat any of my "meals". Like AS said, you need to do what you can manage :)

[angielorna]

I'm a bad snacker. I have to admit, I still snack. I can't not. I try to make it really small (a few crackers or a cookie) when I need to. I stay within my limits, don't eat anything before noon, don't eat meat and I'm losing weight. I just can't torture myself with the no snacking. When I attempt to refrain completely from snacking, I binge on crap. So and handful of something here and there helps me to keep to the rest of it. It is what it is. I'm doing what I can, where I can. I do not have the strictest sway, but it's manageable in my day to day life.

So I guess my take is -- if you feel shaky like you are going to pass out - EAT SOMETHING! Better that you eat something than pass out or make yourseelf sick! IMO.

Angie